Reforming Singapore's defamation laws: Preventing legal weapons against free speech
Source: The Online Citizen
Published on: 2024-09-09 05:28
Consumers Association of Singapore fined S$20,000 for PDPA breaches following two data security incidents The Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) has been fined S$20,000 by the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) for breaches under the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). According to a judgement which was published on 28 August, the fine was imposed due to the consumer watchdog's failure to implement reasonable security measures to protect the personal data in its possession and to establish necessary policies and practices required under the PDPA. The breaches resulted in two significant incidents, one in October 2022 and another in June 2023, where the personal data of up to 34,760 individuals was potentially compromised. Both incidents were handled under the Expedited Decision Procedure (EDP) at the request of CASE, with the organization admitting to all the facts an...
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